The balloting of the participants and the Opening Ceremony of the X International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians took place on June 15th at the "Astana Opera" Theater. The competition opened with a concert of the People's Artist of the USSR Viktor Tretyakov, People's Artist of Russia Vladimir Ovchinnikov, People's Artist of Kazakhstan, Rector of Kazakh National University of Arts Aiman Mussakhаjayeva (violin), Laureate